Western Daly languages
| Western Daly | |
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| Geographic distribution: | Daly River region, northern Australia |
| Linguistic classification: | A primary family of Australian languages. |
| Subdivisions: | |
| Glottolog: | west2434[1] |
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The Daly languages (color), among the other non-Pama-Nyungan languages (grey) | |
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Western Daly | |
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The Western Daly languages are a small family of Australian aboriginal languages that share common grammatical forms. They are:
- Maranunggu (Emmi; Menhthe dialect)
- Marrithiyel (Bringen: Marri Ammu, Marritjevin, Marridan, Marramanindjdji dialects)
- Marri Ngarr (Magati-ge dialect)
See also
References
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Western Daly". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- Tryon, D. T. (1968). "The Daly River languages: a survey". Papers in Australian Linguistics 3: 21–36.
- Tryon, D. T. (1974). Daly family languages, Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.
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